EP0320007B1 - Driving wheel slip control device - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a driving wheel slip control device for a vehicle and more particularly to a control device which can prevent properly an engine stall.
- a region in which the combustion of the engine is prohibited from stopping (this region is simply called “a prohibition region” heinafter) is determined on the basis of only either number of revolutions of an engine or velocity of a vehicle, and, therefore, there is a defect that a suspension system resonates to decrease a driving ability and a slip control cannot be carried out through a wide region of number of revolutions of an engine while preventing an engine stall.
- the cycle of combustion and stop of combustion of an engine coincides with a specific frequency of the suspension system at a time of start of a vehicle or at a time of low velocity of a vehicle to generate a resonance of the suspension system thereby to decrease a driving ability.
- the prohibition region is widened to a region of middle velocity of a vehicle in a high gear position of a transmission gear to reduce a region of slip control to be primarily performed, corresponding to expansion of the prohibition region.
- the prohibition region is determined on the basis of only velocity of a vehicle, the region of a low revolution of an engine comes off from the prohibition region in a high gear position of a transmission gear to make impossible the prevention of an engine stall.
- the object of this invention is to provide a driving wheel slip control device in which a driving ability can be improved by the prevention of resonance in a suspension system, and in which not only the prevention of an engine stall but also the expansion of a slip control region can be realized.
- FIG.1 shows a vehicle 1 provided with a driving wheel slip control device.
- the vehicle 1 is, for example, a front wheel drive type vehicle.
- Two front wheels 11, 12 function as two driving wheels driven by an internal combustion engine,respectively, through a transmission gear while two rear wheels 13, 14 function as two driven wheels, respectively.
- this invention can be adapted for a rear wheel drive type vehicle in the same manner.
- On the driving wheels 11, 12 and the driven wheels 13, 14 are provided two driving wheel velocity sensors 21, 22 (each called a "V W sensor” hereinafter) and two driven wheel velocity (velocity of a vehicle) sensors 23, 24 (each called a "V sensor” hereinafter), respectively.
- the ECU 35 forms a slip detecting means, an engine output reducing means, a prohibition region determining means and a prohibition means.
- the ECU 35 functions to select either the left or right driving wheel velocity V WL or V WR as a driving wheel velocity V W , and to select either the driven wheel velocity V L or V R on the same side as the selected driving wheel velocity V WL or V WR as a vehicle velocity V.
- the ECU 35 controls an output of an engine 31 through a fuel supply control device to adjust each torque of the driving wheels 11, 12 thereby to control a state of slip of the driving wheels 11, 12.
- FIG.2 shows a general construction of the fuel supply control device.
- the internal combustion engine 31 is provided with, for example, six cylinders, and an intake tube 32 is connected on the upstream side of the engine 31 while an exhaust tube 41 is connected on the downstream side thereof, respectively.
- a throttle body 33 At an intermediate portion of the intake tube 32 is provided a throttle body 33 in which a throttle valve 33′ is accommodated.
- the throttle valve 33′ has a sensor 34 for detecting the opening degree of the valve ( ⁇ TH ) which is converted into an electric signal to be sent to the ECU 35.
- a fuel injection valve 36 is provided at an intermediate portion of the intake tube 32 between the engine 31 and the throttle body 33 and at a slightly upstream position of an intake valve (not shown) of each cylinder.
- the fuel injection valve 36 is connected to a fuel pump which is not shown in the drawing and is electrically connected to the ECU 35 so that a period of time for which the valve 36 is opened is controlled.
- an intake tube absolute pressure (P BA ) sensor 38 In contrast, at a downstream position of the throttle body 33 of the intake tube 32 is provided an intake tube absolute pressure (P BA ) sensor 38 through a tube 37, and an absolute pressure signal converted by the absolute pressure sensor 38 into an electric signal is sent to the ECU 35.
- P BA intake tube absolute pressure
- the main body of the engine 31 has an engine cooling water temperature sensor 39 (called a “T W sensor” hereinafter).
- the T W sensor 39 is a thermistor or the like which is inserted into the periphral wall of an engine cylinder to send a detected cooling water temperature signal to the ECU 35.
- An engine revolutional number sensor 40 (called a “Ne sensor” hereinafter is fixed to a peripheral portion of a cam shaft (not shown) of the engine or of a crank-shaft.
- the Ne sensor 40 outputs a crank angle position pulse signals (called a "TDC signal pulse” hereinafter) at predetermined positions at each time when the crank-shaft is rotated through an angle of 120 degrees, that is, at predetermined crank angle positions before each piston reaches the top dead center (TDC) at a time when an intake step of each cylinder starts, and the TDC pulse signal is sent to the ECU 35.
- TDC signal pulse a crank angle position pulse signals
- V W sensors 21, 22, the V sensors 23, 24 and other parameter sensor 44 are connected to the ECU 35 to which each detected signal is sent.
- the ECU 35 shapes input signal waveforms inputted from each sensor to modify a voltage level to a predetermined level and comprises an input circuit 35a functioning to convert an analog signal value into a digital signal value, a central processing unit 35b (called a “CPU” hereinafter), a memory means 35c for memorizing various kind of operational programs and calculated results or the like which are carried out by the CPU 35b, respectively, and an output circuit 35d for sending a driving signal to the fuel injection valve 36.
- CPU central processing unit
- the CPU 35b calculates a fuel injection time of the fuel injection valve 36 in response to engine parameter signals from the various sensors according to the following expression (1) at each time when the TDC pulse signal is put into the CPU 35b.
- Tout T i ⁇ K1 + K2 (1)
- T i represents a basic period of time for fuel injection.
- the basic period of time T i is read from a T i map memorized in the memory means 35c in accordance with the intake tube absolute pressure P BA and the engine revolutional number Ne.
- K1 and K2 represent a correction coefficient and a correction variable, respectively, which are determined at respective predetermined values in such a manner that various characteristics such as a characteristic of fuel consumption and a characteristic of acceleration in accordance with the driving state of the engine become optimum.
- the CPU 35b couputs a driving signal for opening tbe fuel injection valve 36 on the basis of the period of time Tout for fuel injection calculated in the above-mentioned manner to the fuel injection valve 36 through the output circuit 5d.
- FIG.3 shows a flow chart of a subroutine for judging whether or not an excessive or abnormal slip has occurred.
- This program is performed at a predetermined interval. First, the driving wheel velocity V W is read from the detected signals of the V W sensors 21, 22 (step 301), and then the vehicle speed V is read from the detected signals of the V sensors 23, 24 (step 302). Thereafter, it is judged whether or not an excessive slip has been generated at the driving wheels 11, 12 (step 303).
- This judgement can be performed in various manners that, for example, the driving wheel velocity V w read in the step 302 is compared with the reference velocity V R calculated on the basis of a predetermined expression in accordance with the vehicle velocity V read in tbe step 302, and that a slip ratio ⁇ calculated on the basis of the driving wheel velocity V W and the vehicle velocity V is compared with a reference slip ratio ⁇ R ( e.g., 15%).
- a slip ratio ⁇ calculated on the basis of the driving wheel velocity V W and the vehicle velocity V is compared with a reference slip ratio ⁇ R ( e.g., 15%).
- FIG. 4 shows a flow chart of a subroutine for controlling fuel supply and suspension of fuel supply. This program is performed synchronously with the TDC pulse signal at each time when the TDC pulse signal is outputted.
- engine parameter signals such as the intake tube absolute pressure P BA , the engine revolutional number Ne and the like inputted from the various sensors are read through a step 401.
- the basic fuel injection time T i of the fuel injection valve 36 is read in response to those engine parameter signals in the above manner (step 402) and the correction coefficient K1 and the correction variable K2 are calculated (step 403).
- fuel injection time Tout is calculated on the basis of the calculated T i K1 and K2 values in accordance with the above expression (step 404).
- step 405 it is determined whether or not flag F TRC is a value "1" (step 405).
- a step 409 starts to output a driving signal on the basis of the fuel injection time Tout calculated through the step 404 to the fuel injection valve 36.
- Tout fuel is supplied from the fuel injection valve 36 to the engine 31 to terminate this program.
- step 40 When the answer of the step 40 is affirmative (Yes), that is, when the flag F TRC is "1", and, accordingly, when an excessive slip has been generated at the driving wheels 11, 12, it is determined in next steps 406, 407 whether or not the engine revolutional number Ne and the vehicle velocity V exist in a region in which a fuel supply to the engine 31 is to be stopped (this is called a "fuel-cut” hereinafter), respectively, in order to prevent reliably an engine stall.
- FIG.5 shows this region.
- four lines II to V show relationships between the engine revolutional number Ne and the vehicle speed V when a slip has not been generated in case that the transmission gear 16 takes four first to fourth gear positions as a parameter, respectively.
- a step 406 it is determined whether or not the engine revolutional number Ne is smaller than a predetermined revolutional number N G .
- the predetermined revolutional number N G is determined on the basis of a solid line I in FIG. 5 in accordance with a vehicle velocity at that time. Namely, a reference velocity V1 (e.g., 30km/h) and a predetermined velocity V G (e.g., 4km/h) smaller than the reference velocity V1 are determined with respect to the vehicle velocity V.
- the predetermined revolutional number N G is determined at a first value N G1 (e.g., 1200rpm) when the vehicle velocity V is larger than the reference velocity V1 and at a second value (e.g., 2000rpm) larger than the first value N G1 when the vehicle velocity V is smaller than the predetermined velocity V G , that is, when the vehicle 1 runs in a low vehicle velocity region, respectively. Further, the predetermined revolutional number N G is determined by an interpolating calculating line I0 when the vehicle velocity V is between the reference velocity V1 and the predetermined velocity V G .
- the reason why the predetermined revolutional number N G is determined according to the vehicle velocity without referring to the driving wheel velocity V W is that an occurrence of an engine stall due to the fuel-out remarkably depends on kinetic energy of a vehicle, and the amount of kinetic energy is reflected by the level of the vehicle velocity V more correctly than other elements.
- step 406 When the answer of the step 406 is negative "No", that is, when the relationship between Ne and N G is Ne ⁇ N G it is determined whether or not the vehicle speed V is smaller than the predetermined vehicle velocity V G (step 407).
- step 409 When the answer is negative "No", that is, when the relationship between V and V G is V ⁇ V G , the step 409 is performed to terminate this program after the fuel injection time Tout is determined at a value "0" again (step 408).
- the fuel-cut is carried out to reduce the output of the engine, so that an excessive slip of the driving wheels can be prevented.
- the step 409 is performed to terminate this program. That is, even if an excessive slip has been generated at the driving wheels 11, 12, and ,however, if the relationship betwen Ne and N G is Ne ⁇ N G in the case of V > V1, if the relationship between V and V G is V ⁇ V G , and if V and Ne are inside of the interpolating line I0 in the case of V G ⁇ V ⁇ V1 (a region indicated by oblique lines), the fuel-cut is prohibited to supply fuel to the engine in accordance with the fuel injection ime Tout calculated on the basis of the state of driving of the engine 31 in the step 404.
- a fuel-cut region and a fuel-cut prohibition region at a time when an excessive slip has been generated at the driving wheels 11, 12 are determined in the above manner, respectively, when the vehicle runs in a low vehicle velocity condition in which an engine stall is apt to occur, that is, the relationship between V and V G is V ⁇ VG, the fuel-cut operation is prohibited, so that the engine stall can be effectively prevented at that time. Further, when the vehicle 1 runs in a low vehicle velocity condition, the predetermined revolutional number N G is determined at a large value in the above manner, and accordingly, the resonance phenomenon of the suspension system can be prevented.
- the prohibiting operation of the fuel-cut in case that the transmission gear takes a high gear shift position such as a third or fourth gear shift position, etc. can be performed on a larger engine revolutional number side in comparison with a fuel-cut prohibition region determined according to only the vehicle velocity V (see FIG.5), and accordingly, an occurrence of an engine stall can be reliably prevented.
- the possibility of the ocurrence of the engine stall due to the fuel-cut is rather low in intermediate and high velocity conditions of the vehicle 1, and accordingly, even if the predetermined revolutional number N G is determined at a smaller value as mentioned above, the engine stall is not caused by the determination.
- Such a determination expands a fuel-cut region, namely, a slip control region thereby to prevent an excessive slip in the region.
- the output of the engine is decreased by suspension of fuel supply to the engine in this embodiment, and, however, the method of decreasing the output of the engine may be a method in which ingnition is stopped in addition to the above method.
- a driving wheel slip control device comprises a prohibition region determining means for determining a control prohibition region on the basis of velocity of a vehicle and number of revolutions of an engine, and a prohibition means for prohibiting an engine output reducing means from operating so as to reduce an output of the engine in response to the output from a slip detecting means for detecting the state of slip of the driving wheels, a resonance phenomenon in a suspension system can be prevented to improve a driving ability, and prevention of an engine stall as well as expansion of a slip control region can be realized.
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- This invention relates to a driving wheel slip control device for a vehicle and more particularly to a control device which can prevent properly an engine stall.
- There has been a conventionally known driving wheel slip control device in which, in order to prevent an excessive slip of a driving wheel, the state of slip is detected in response to the velocity of a driving wheel and the like, and when a slip has occurred, for example, fuel supply to an engine is stopped to suspend the combustion of an engine. Further, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication 47-1512 discloses this kind of slip control device in which the suspension of combustion of an engine is prohibited when an engine is rotated at a low speed or when a vehicle runs at a low speed thereby to prevent an engine stall.
- However, in the conventional slip control devices, a region in which the combustion of the engine is prohibited from stopping (this region is simply called "a prohibition region" heinafter) is determined on the basis of only either number of revolutions of an engine or velocity of a vehicle, and, therefore, there is a defect that a suspension system resonates to decrease a driving ability and a slip control cannot be carried out through a wide region of number of revolutions of an engine while preventing an engine stall.
- That is, in case that the prohibition region is determined on the basis of only number of revolutions of an engine, and that a predetermined number of revolutions of an engine as a threshhold value is determined at a minimum value so as to prevent the engine stall, the cycle of combustion and stop of combustion of an engine coincides with a specific frequency of the suspension system at a time of start of a vehicle or at a time of low velocity of a vehicle to generate a resonance of the suspension system thereby to decrease a driving ability. Moreover, in case that the predetermined number of revolutions of an engine is determined at a higher value in order to prevent such a resonance, the prohibition region is widened to a region of middle velocity of a vehicle in a high gear position of a transmission gear to reduce a region of slip control to be primarily performed, corresponding to expansion of the prohibition region.
- In contrast, in case that the prohibition region is determined on the basis of only velocity of a vehicle, the region of a low revolution of an engine comes off from the prohibition region in a high gear position of a transmission gear to make impossible the prevention of an engine stall.
- In order to solve the above problems of prior art, the object of this invention is to provide a driving wheel slip control device in which a driving ability can be improved by the prevention of resonance in a suspension system, and in which not only the prevention of an engine stall but also the expansion of a slip control region can be realized.
- According to this invention, there is provided a driving wheel slip control device according to
independent claim 1. - The characteristic features and effects of the present invention will become manifest upon study of the following detailed description when taken together with the drawings.
- In the accompanying drawings;
- FIG.1 is a constructional view of a driving wheel slip control device according to this invention;
- FIG.2 is a constructional view of a fuel supply control device for controlling an output of an engine:
- FIG.3 is a flow chart of a subroutine for determining the state of an excessive slip of driving wheels;
- FIG.4 is a flow chart of a subroutine for controlling fuel supply to an engine and suspension of fuel supply; and
- FIG.5 is a view showing a prohibition region in which fuel supply to the engine is suspended at a time of an occurrence of an excessive slip.
- In the following, one embodiment of this invention will now be explained with reference to drawings.
- FIG.1 shows a
vehicle 1 provided with a driving wheel slip control device. Thevehicle 1 is, for example, a front wheel drive type vehicle. Twofront wheels rear wheels driving wheels wheels wheel velocity sensors 21, 22 (each called a "VW sensor" hereinafter) and two driven wheel velocity (velocity of a vehicle)sensors 23, 24 (each called a "V sensor" hereinafter), respectively. Two left and right driving velocities VWL, VWR are detected, and left and right driven wheel velocities VL, VR are detected by theV sensors - The
ECU 35 forms a slip detecting means, an engine output reducing means, a prohibition region determining means and a prohibition means. - The
ECU 35 functions to select either the left or right driving wheel velocity VWL or VWR as a driving wheel velocity VW, and to select either the driven wheel velocity VL or VR on the same side as the selected driving wheel velocity VWL or VWR as a vehicle velocity V. - The ECU 35 controls an output of an
engine 31 through a fuel supply control device to adjust each torque of thedriving wheels driving wheels - FIG.2 shows a general construction of the fuel supply control device. The
internal combustion engine 31 is provided with, for example, six cylinders, and anintake tube 32 is connected on the upstream side of theengine 31 while anexhaust tube 41 is connected on the downstream side thereof, respectively. At an intermediate portion of theintake tube 32 is provided athrottle body 33 in which athrottle valve 33′ is accommodated. Thethrottle valve 33′ has asensor 34 for detecting the opening degree of the valve (ϑ TH) which is converted into an electric signal to be sent to theECU 35. - With respect to each cylinder, a
fuel injection valve 36 is provided at an intermediate portion of theintake tube 32 between theengine 31 and thethrottle body 33 and at a slightly upstream position of an intake valve (not shown) of each cylinder. Thefuel injection valve 36 is connected to a fuel pump which is not shown in the drawing and is electrically connected to theECU 35 so that a period of time for which thevalve 36 is opened is controlled. - In contrast, at a downstream position of the
throttle body 33 of theintake tube 32 is provided an intake tube absolute pressure (PBA)sensor 38 through atube 37, and an absolute pressure signal converted by theabsolute pressure sensor 38 into an electric signal is sent to theECU 35. - The main body of the
engine 31 has an engine cooling water temperature sensor 39 (called a "TW sensor" hereinafter). The TW sensor 39 is a thermistor or the like which is inserted into the periphral wall of an engine cylinder to send a detected cooling water temperature signal to theECU 35. An engine revolutional number sensor 40 (called a "Ne sensor" hereinafter is fixed to a peripheral portion of a cam shaft (not shown) of the engine or of a crank-shaft. TheNe sensor 40 outputs a crank angle position pulse signals (called a "TDC signal pulse" hereinafter) at predetermined positions at each time when the crank-shaft is rotated through an angle of 120 degrees, that is, at predetermined crank angle positions before each piston reaches the top dead center (TDC) at a time when an intake step of each cylinder starts, and the TDC pulse signal is sent to theECU 35. - Moreover, the VW sensors 21, 22, the
V sensors other parameter sensor 44 are connected to theECU 35 to which each detected signal is sent. - The
ECU 35 shapes input signal waveforms inputted from each sensor to modify a voltage level to a predetermined level and comprises aninput circuit 35a functioning to convert an analog signal value into a digital signal value, acentral processing unit 35b (called a "CPU" hereinafter), a memory means 35c for memorizing various kind of operational programs and calculated results or the like which are carried out by theCPU 35b, respectively, and anoutput circuit 35d for sending a driving signal to thefuel injection valve 36. - The
CPU 35b calculates a fuel injection time of thefuel injection valve 36 in response to engine parameter signals from the various sensors according to the following expression (1) at each time when the TDC pulse signal is put into theCPU 35b.
wherein Ti represents a basic period of time for fuel injection. For example, the basic period of time Ti is read from a Ti map memorized in the memory means 35c in accordance with the intake tube absolute pressure PBA and the engine revolutional number Ne. Further, K₁ and K₂ represent a correction coefficient and a correction variable, respectively, which are determined at respective predetermined values in such a manner that various characteristics such as a characteristic of fuel consumption and a characteristic of acceleration in accordance with the driving state of the engine become optimum. - The
CPU 35b couputs a driving signal for opening tbefuel injection valve 36 on the basis of the period of time Tout for fuel injection calculated in the above-mentioned manner to thefuel injection valve 36 through the output circuit 5d. - FIG.3 shows a flow chart of a subroutine for judging whether or not an excessive or abnormal slip has occurred. This program is performed at a predetermined interval. First, the driving wheel velocity VW is read from the detected signals of the VW sensors 21, 22 (step 301), and then the vehicle speed V is read from the detected signals of the
V sensors 23, 24 (step 302). Thereafter, it is judged whether or not an excessive slip has been generated at thedriving wheels 11, 12 (step 303). This judgement can be performed in various manners that, for example, the driving wheel velocity Vw read in thestep 302 is compared with the reference velocity VR calculated on the basis of a predetermined expression in accordance with the vehicle velocity V read intbe step 302, and that a slip ratio λ calculated on the basis of the driving wheel velocity VW and the vehicle velocity V is compared with a reference slip ratio λR( e.g., 15%). When the answer of thestep 303 is negative "No", that is, when an excessive slip has not been generated at thedriving wheels step 303 is affirmative "Yes", that is, when an excessive slip has been generated the flag FTRC is set at a value "1" to terminate the program. - FIG. 4 shows a flow chart of a subroutine for controlling fuel supply and suspension of fuel supply. This program is performed synchronously with the TDC pulse signal at each time when the TDC pulse signal is outputted. First, engine parameter signals such as the intake tube absolute pressure PBA, the engine revolutional number Ne and the like inputted from the various sensors are read through a
step 401. Next, the basic fuel injection time Ti of thefuel injection valve 36 is read in response to those engine parameter signals in the above manner (step 402) and the correction coefficient K₁ and the correction variable K₂ are calculated (step 403). Thereafter, fuel injection time Tout is calculated on the basis of the calculated Ti K₁ and K₂ values in accordance with the above expression (step 404). - Next, it is determined whether or not flag FTRC is a value "1" (step 405). When the answer is negative (No). that is, when the flag FTRC is "0", and, accordingly, when an excessive slip has not been generated at the
driving wheels step 409 starts to output a driving signal on the basis of the fuel injection time Tout calculated through thestep 404 to thefuel injection valve 36. During the time Tout, fuel is supplied from thefuel injection valve 36 to theengine 31 to terminate this program. - When the answer of the
step 40 is affirmative (Yes), that is, when the flag FTRC is "1", and, accordingly, when an excessive slip has been generated at thedriving wheels next steps engine 31 is to be stopped (this is called a "fuel-cut" hereinafter), respectively, in order to prevent reliably an engine stall. FIG.5 shows this region. In FIG.5, four lines II to V show relationships between the engine revolutional number Ne and the vehicle speed V when a slip has not been generated in case that thetransmission gear 16 takes four first to fourth gear positions as a parameter, respectively. - First, in a
step 406, it is determined whether or not the engine revolutional number Ne is smaller than a predetermined revolutional number NG. The predetermined revolutional number NG is determined on the basis of a solid line I in FIG. 5 in accordance with a vehicle velocity at that time. Namely, a reference velocity V₁ (e.g., 30km/h) and a predetermined velocity VG (e.g., 4km/h) smaller than the reference velocity V₁ are determined with respect to the vehicle velocity V. The predetermined revolutional number NG is determined at a first value NG1 (e.g., 1200rpm) when the vehicle velocity V is larger than the reference velocity V₁ and at a second value (e.g., 2000rpm) larger than the first value NG1 when the vehicle velocity V is smaller than the predetermined velocity VG, that is, when thevehicle 1 runs in a low vehicle velocity region, respectively. Further, the predetermined revolutional number NG is determined by an interpolating calculating line I₀ when the vehicle velocity V is between the reference velocity V₁ and the predetermined velocity VG. In this manner, the reason why the predetermined revolutional number NG is determined according to the vehicle velocity without referring to the driving wheel velocity VW is that an occurrence of an engine stall due to the fuel-out remarkably depends on kinetic energy of a vehicle, and the amount of kinetic energy is reflected by the level of the vehicle velocity V more correctly than other elements. - When the answer of the
step 406 is negative "No", that is, when the relationship between Ne and NG is Ne≧NG it is determined whether or not the vehicle speed V is smaller than the predetermined vehicle velocity VG (step 407). When the answer is negative "No", that is, when the relationship between V and VG is V≧VG, thestep 409 is performed to terminate this program after the fuel injection time Tout is determined at a value "0" again (step 408). Namely, in case that an excessive slip has been generated at the drivingwheels - When the answer of the
step step 409 is performed to terminate this program. That is, even if an excessive slip has been generated at the drivingwheels engine 31 in thestep 404. - Since a fuel-cut region and a fuel-cut prohibition region at a time when an excessive slip has been generated at the driving
wheels vehicle 1 runs in a low vehicle velocity condition, the predetermined revolutional number NG is determined at a large value in the above manner, and accordingly, the resonance phenomenon of the suspension system can be prevented. In addition, the prohibiting operation of the fuel-cut in case that the transmission gear takes a high gear shift position such as a third or fourth gear shift position, etc., can be performed on a larger engine revolutional number side in comparison with a fuel-cut prohibition region determined according to only the vehicle velocity V (see FIG.5), and accordingly, an occurrence of an engine stall can be reliably prevented. - Further, the possibility of the ocurrence of the engine stall due to the fuel-cut is rather low in intermediate and high velocity conditions of the
vehicle 1, and accordingly, even if the predetermined revolutional number NG is determined at a smaller value as mentioned above, the engine stall is not caused by the determination. Such a determination expands a fuel-cut region, namely, a slip control region thereby to prevent an excessive slip in the region. - In the meantime, the output of the engine is decreased by suspension of fuel supply to the engine in this embodiment, and, however, the method of decreasing the output of the engine may be a method in which ingnition is stopped in addition to the above method.
- As mentioned above, since a driving wheel slip control device according to this invention comprises a prohibition region determining means for determining a control prohibition region on the basis of velocity of a vehicle and number of revolutions of an engine, and a prohibition means for prohibiting an engine output reducing means from operating so as to reduce an output of the engine in response to the output from a slip detecting means for detecting the state of slip of the driving wheels, a resonance phenomenon in a suspension system can be prevented to improve a driving ability, and prevention of an engine stall as well as expansion of a slip control region can be realized.
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- A driving wheel slip control device which comprises:
a driving wheel velocity sensor (21,22) for detecting the velocity of a driving wheel (11,12) of a vehicle (1);
a vehicle velocity sensor (23,24) for detecting the velocity of a vehicle (1);
an engine revolutional number sensor (Ne) for detecting the number of revolutions of an engine (31);
a slip detecting means (35) for detecting a state of slip of a driving wheel (11,12) in accordance with an output from said driving wheel velocity sensor (21,22);
an engine output reducing means (33,36) for reducing an output of the engine (31) in accordance with an output from said slip detecting means (35);
a prohibition region determining means (35) for determining a control prohibition region of at least one driving parameter; and
a prohibition means (35) for prohibiting said engine output reducing means (33,36) from operating in case said at least one driving parameter lies within said prohibition region,
characterized in
that said prohibition region determining means (35) has a predetermined engine revolutional number determining means for determining a predetermined engine revolutional number (NG) with respect to a velocity (V) of the vehicle (1), the predetermined engine revolutional number determining means determining said predetermined engine revolutional number (NG) with respect to said velocity (V) of the vehicle (1) in such a manner that a reference vehicle velocity (V₁) and a predetermined vehicle velocity (VG) lower than the reference vehicle velocity (V₁) are respectively determined, that a first value (NG1) is determined in case that a velocity of the vehicle (1) is higher than the reference vehicle velocity (V₁), a second value (NG2) higher than the first value (NG1) is determined in case that a velocity of the vehicle (1) is lower than the predetermined vehicle velocity (VG), and that a value is determined on the basis of an interpolating calculation line (Io) in case that a velocity of the vehicle (1) is between the reference vehicle velocity (V₁) and the predetermined vehicle velocity (VG), said prohibition region determining means (35) determining a control prohibition region on the basis of said predetermined engine revolutional numbers (NG) determined by the predetermined engine revolutional number determining means. - A driving wheel slip control device according to claim 1, wherein said slip detecting means (35) detects a state of slip of the driving wheel (11,12) in such a manner comparing a velocity of the driving wheel (11,12) with a reference velocity (VR) calculated on the basis of a predetermined expression in accordance with a velocity (V) of the vehicle (1).
- A driving wheel slip control device according to claim 1, wherein said slip detecting means (35) detects a state of slip of the driving wheel (11,12) in such a manner comparing a slip ratio (λ) calculated on the basis of a velocity (VW) of the driving wheel (11,12) and a velocity of the vehicle (1) with a reference slip ratio (λR).
- A driving wheel slip control device according to claim 1, wherein said control prohibition region determined by said prohibition region determining means (35) comprises a region between a value 0 and the first value NG1 with respect to engine revolutional number (Ne) in case that a velocity (V) of the vehicle (1) is higher than the reference vehicle value (V₁), a region between a value 0 and the predetermined vehicle velocity (VG) with respect to a velocity (V) of the vehicle (1) in case that a velocity (V) of the vehicle (1) is lower than the predetermined vehicle velocity (VG), and a region located inside an interpolating calculation line in case that a velocity of the vehicle (1) is between the reference vehicle value (V₁) and the predetermined vehicle velocity (VG).
- A driving wheel slip control device according to claim 1, wherein said prohibition means (35) performs a fuel-cut operation in a state wherein an excessive slip is generated to reduce an output of the engine (31) when a velocity (V) of the vehicle (1) and an engine revolutional number (Ne) are in a region except said control prohibition region, and prohibits said fuel-cut operation even if an excessive slip is generated when a velocity (V) of the vehicle (1) and an engine revolutional number (Ne) are in said control prohibition region.
- A driving wheel slip control device according to claim 1, wherein said prohibition means (35) performs an ignition stop operation in a state wherein an excessive slip is generated to reduce an output of the engine (31) when a velocity (V) of the vehicle (1) and an engine revolutional number (Ne) are in a region except said control prohibition region, and prohibits said ignition stop operation even if an excessive slip is generated when a velocity (V) of the vehicle (1) and an engine revolutional number (Ne) are in said control prohibition region.
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